diff --git a/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile.config b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile.config
index b25e531a1f95..0fe6b50f029b 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/tracing/latency/Makefile.config
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 STOP_ERROR :=
 
 define lib_setup
-  $(eval EXTLIBS += -l$(1))
   $(eval LIB_INCLUDES += $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags lib$(1)"))
+  $(eval LDFLAGS += $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs-only-L lib$(1)"))
+  $(eval EXTLIBS += $(shell sh -c "$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs-only-l lib$(1)"))
 endef
 
 $(call feature_check,libtraceevent)